After being reborn, I sent the entire scumbag woman's family to jail.

Zhou Tong slammed her hand on the table in a fit of rage: "Zhang Chaoyang, don't go too far! Who gets appointed as the general manager is a matter for the board of directors, not something you, as the head of the R&D department, can interfere with!"

Zhang Chaoyang scoffed: "I have the right to set conditions; whether you agree or not is your business."

"you--"

Xu Ye raised his hand, stopping Zhou Tong: "What's the second condition?"

Zhang Chaoyang said, "I was invited by President Lei. I only asked for a five million annual salary back then because of President Lei, but now I feel that I am not worthy of my status, so my second condition is a raise, let's double the salary."

The meeting room erupted in chaos, nearly blowing the roof off.

"Double it? That's a full ten million?"

"Has Zhang Chaoyang gone mad? Everyone knows his capabilities. Five million is already an overpayment, yet he dares to ask for ten million, and in a threatening manner at that. Is this guy really not afraid of death?"

"He has some confidence, after all, the entire Xu's Pharmaceutical, including all the research and development data, is in his hands. Once he releases it, the losses to the company will be immeasurable."

"But he's playing with fire after all. Isn't he afraid of killing himself?"

"That depends on the new general manager. If he handles it well, everyone will be happy, but if he doesn't... tsk tsk, then Chairman Xu will become a laughing stock..."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but everyone kept their voices down, waiting to see what would happen to Xu Ye.

Zhang Chaoyang's methods weren't particularly clever, but he wasn't stupid. Since he dared to pull such a stunt, he must have had the confidence to do so.

Xu Ye is too young, and most people believe that he will eventually be controlled by Zhang Chaoyang.

Zhang Chaoyang ignored the onlookers and continued, "Besides myself, all 32 members of my team will also receive a raise, and it will be at least double."

Xu Ye laughed, looking at him with a sarcastic expression, and said, "Minister Zhang, your previous annual salary was comparable to that of our headquarters' general manager, and the other members of your team also received almost the highest salaries in the industry."

"Now they want a raise, and it's going to be a complete doubling of salaries. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"How could that be excessive? The R&D department is the core of a technology-driven company like ours. Every penny of Xu's Pharmaceuticals earns comes from our R&D department."

"It's just doubling the salary, which is already considered low. Can this be considered excessive?"

Zhang Chaoyang looked completely at ease, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his request.

"is it?"

Xu Ye raised his hand, and Zhou Tong immediately handed him a document: "But as far as I know, your R&D team has spent a lot of money since joining the company, but hasn't achieved much, right?"

He flipped through the documents in his hand: "For three whole years, apart from rehashing old ideas, we have not produced any competitive research results."

He slammed the documents in his hand down in front of Zhang Chaoyang: "Based on your performance over the past three years, it's already a favor that we haven't cut your salary. How dare you bring up a raise? Who gave you the courage?"

"Mr. Xu, aren't you going too far with those words?"

Zhang Chaoyang's face instantly darkened: "Which drug that Xu's Pharmaceuticals is selling now wasn't developed by me and my entire R&D team? Doesn't that count as an achievement?"

"And the most crucial product, Liukang Cold Relief Granules, was developed by me personally and accounts for over two billion yuan of sales profit for Xu's Pharmaceutical."

"It is no exaggeration to say that without my leadership, there would be no Xu's Pharmaceutical today!"

"That's a bit of an exaggeration, but it's pretty much true..."

"The key point is that Minister Zhang's Liukang Cold Relief Granules are his personal achievement. He joined the company with a patent and collaborated with them through licensing..."

"No wonder he dared to confront the Xu family head-on with threats; he holds patent licenses worth billions—that's real capital..."

President Yan hesitated. He glanced at Xu Ye, signaling him to appease Zhang Chaoyang, or at least delay the conversation to talk privately. However, Xu Ye ignored him.

He looked at Zhang Chaoyang with icy eyes and said, "Your achievements were brought before you joined the company. What have you done since joining? What research results have you achieved?"

"The company invests hundreds of millions in R&D every year. Your research group has produced nothing, yet you have the nerve to cite the research results of other groups?"

"Who gave you the audacity to claim you deserved credit?"

"Just because you hold the title of head of the research department?"

"If I go outside the company right now and get a dog, and give it the title of head of the research department, can even a dog claim this credit?"

"What would I do with you? I might as well just get a dog!"

"you--"

Zhang Chaoyang was furious. He thought he had a patent license worth billions, so what if the Xu family humiliated him? He had to endure it even if they humiliated him in public.

But to my utter surprise, this man surnamed Xu was so forceful, even humiliating me in this way.

He said with a grim expression, "So, Mr. Xu doesn't accept my terms?"

Xu Ye said, "What do you want if I don't accept it?"

"Then I regret to inform you that I am resigning!"

After Zhang Chaoyang finished speaking, he looked back and someone immediately stood up as well.

"And I……"

"If Minister Zhang resigns, I'll quit too..."

Instantly, all 32 members of the R&D team stood up, each one looking fierce and determined to win.

Zhang Chaoyang looked smug; this was his biggest trump card!

This is the entire R&D team, a total of 32 R&D talents!

There are also the billions of dollars worth of patent licenses they hold, the recently lost R&D data, and even the potential risk of all their research data being leaked.

You, the eldest son of the prestigious Xu family, have made such a huge mess on your very first day in office. How are you going to explain this to your father and all the members of the board of directors?

As expected, General Manager Yan panicked and quickly stood up: "We've all worked at Xu's Pharmaceutical for so many years, let's talk this out. Why are you being so impulsive?"

After saying that, he turned back to Xu Ye and said in a low voice, "President Xu, this is no joke. It involves losses of billions... Even the chairman and President Liang will have a hard time explaining this to the board of directors."

Xu Ye still ignored him, stood up and said, "Are you sure you really want to do this?"

Zhang Chaoyang said smugly, "President Xu, this is not our fault. You forced us into this situation. Who told you to be so ungrateful... no, who told you to be so domineering and not give our R&D department any face at all?"

He felt he had Xu Ye completely under his control, so he spoke recklessly without any restraint.

I'm telling you, I'm giving you face and you don't appreciate it. You're just a kid who hasn't even grown a full head of hair yet, what can you do to me?